A new study from Congress’ Joint Economic Committee (JEC) debunks the prevailing conservative notion that Unemployment Insurance (UI) dissuades people from looking for a job. “On the contrary,” the report finds, “beneficiaries of federal UI benefits have spent more time searching for work than those who were ineligible for UI benefits.”
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I’ve know people in both categories, those that were actually trying, and plenty that were racking up ‘attempts’. It is extremely easy to ‘look for work’ without intending to get a job. What would be a more valid statistic is how many suddenly found a job just when or right after benefits ran out.
Shouldn’t be too hard to find statistics to support whatever position one prefers.